June 05, 2011

Canucks have edge in mayoral bet

Mayor Chris Pieper of Armstrong, British Columbia, has the on-ice edge over Mayor Christopher Louras of Rutland, with the Vancouver Canucks now up 2-0 over the Boston Bruins. But instead of rubbing it in, in stereotypically polite Canadian fashion, he notes how many Boston ties there are to B.C. ...

Mark Recchi "could be Mayor of Kamloops (a city about an hour northwest of Armstrong) by just saying he wanted the job. He is probably the most popular and respected person the city knows."

Zdeno Chara, who played junior hockey in B.C. "The Prince George junior player got to see all of our province and knows personally how much BC people love their hometown hockey."

And, most of all, Bruins demigod Cam Neely, who grew up on Vancouver Island, was drafted by the Canucks and sent to Boston in one of the most unpopular trades in Canucks history, of whom Pieper says "I wish he would run for Mayor of Vancouver."

But Louras wins the best line of the exchange, after noting how Tim Thomas is a fellow UVM alum, by praising Chara: "And they arguably have one of the best defensemen in the NHL, who proudly carries on the tradition of strong, tough players of Irish descent, 6’9” Zden O’Chara."